lavender-in-june:

lavender-in-june:

Why is everybody either going "Oh so cute I want a fox" or "They're wild animals, should not be 'domesticated'" -
When one of the more obvious points is that on these pictures there are electric cords and computer components LYING AROUND everywhere, and NO ANIMAL should be able to gnaw on these?! What the hell, are they supposed to play with these for fun to either destroy or get electroluted / poisoned by some chemical component crap?

And then all these effing "I know a lot of Russians, Russians _love_ their animals" comments. Yeah. generalisations have always helped to bring about a sophisticated argumentation. NOT.

lavender-in-june:

lavender-in-june:

Back in the 90's people startet an experiment living in a artificial biosphere to explore the dynamics of human, animal and vegetation, in order to test whether life on Mars could work out.
Yet:
"Weiter starben viele Tierarten, allen voran die Kolibris und Hummeln, während sich Ameisen und Kakerlaken explosionsartig vermehrten.
Milben und Pilze befielen die Ernte, die Korallen im Kunst-Ozean verkümmerten, Unkraut drohte alles zu überwuchern. Dazu ging den Bionauten Stück für Stück die Puste aus: Unter anderem sorgten heftige Regenfälle, Stürme und Dunkelheit außerhalb des Riesen-Treibhauses dafür, dass die Pflanzen in der "Biosphäre 2" ihre Photosynthese verlangsamten."
Apparently it all went better in the second year, but this just goes to show how humans are preposterous enough to believe they have a clue about nature. There are so many strings and interdependencies, not yet found out about, and still so many of us believe that it's possible to just throw stuff we like together, and it'll all work out... NOT.